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Lack of clarity in cast list

posted 12 years ago by Sheila_Beers
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Sheila Beers
I am glad someone identified the child actor as Nicolas Van Burek. I have had a difficult time finding the name of the child actress who played the adorable little sister of Van Burek's character. It would be helpful if the child actors prominent in a film were given second billing after the main, well-known actor (such as Ed Asner in this case). It also would be helpful if a photo of the child actor as he/she appeared in the film would be shown next to a current photo because children do change while time passes quickly. I noticed several older, established actors who had relatively minor roles in this film, and yet they were billed immediately after Mr. Asner instead of the leading child actors. This is unfair to the child actors, and it is confusing to anyone reading the cast list. I hope Hollywood and imdb will correct this situation very soon. Child actors should receive the billing, credit, and recognition they deserve.

[–] j-taylor-goddard 12 years ago

I always found it obvious even before knowing, as the 3 main child actors were billed together:

NICHOLAS VAN BUREK

VICKY WAUCHOPE

AND

ZACHARY ANSLEY

Ed Asner is the star obviously, but child actors, while not getting top billings, get noticeable billings as is the case here where they are all equally recognised together.